Search
Now showing items 11-20 of 117
Assessment of Meteorological and Streamflow Drought Characteristics in Agago Sub-Catchment, Northern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02-15)
A sound understanding of the characteristics and interactions between meteorological and streamflow drought patterns is vital for drought early warning. This study assessed meteorological and streamflow drought characteristics ...
Socio-cultural factors influencing farmer use of tissue culture banana seed in Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04)
Banana, a major food and income security crop in Uganda is severely threatened by the Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) disease. Use of disease-free planting material such as tissue culture (TC) banana is a key intervention ...
Yield stability, correlation and homogeneity of advanced cowpea lines in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-03)
Genetic stability coefficients, selection indices and homogeneity are important parameters that guide breeders in deciding what variety to release. The objectives of this study were to determine the yield stability, ...
The role of social capital in social protection intervention to enhance household resilience to livelihood shocks in Eastern Ethiopia
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
Social Safety Net interventions are common interventions by governments and non-government organizations in addressing crises of food shortages and disasters in African countries. These interventions however hardly take ...
Analysis of Gender differences in Smallholder Farmers’ Use of Information Sources to cope with Drought in Masindi District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021)
While socio-economic and institutional determinants of use of information sources have been
widely studied in various contexts, the gender dimension of information use, and in relation to
coping with the adverse effects ...
Inheritance of tolerance to seedling submergence in rice genotypes in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04)
Normal growth of rice seedlings is affected when subjected to a prolonged period of
submergence. The effects of submergence vary among different rice genotypes. This problem
is more pronounced when fields are not well ...
Inheritance of resistance to sclerotium root rot (Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.) in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
Sclerotium root rot caused by Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. is one of the major soil-borne diseases of common bean in Uganda and many other countries. The disease is very aggressive causing pre-emergence damping off. It affects ...
Political Ecology of Shea Butter Tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) Conservation, Use and Management in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021)
Shea nut trees play an important role in enhancing the livelihoods of the people in northern Uganda. Because of the conservation challenges and complexity in access and use of the shea butter tree it is prudent to use ...
Impact of adoption lag of soil and water conservation practices on crop productivity in Sio-Malaba Malakisi basin of Kenya-Uganda border
(Makerere University, 2021-02-15)
The increasing need to feed the highly growing population has significantly led to land degradation, resulting in a substantial reduction of soil and crop productivity. If expected future food demand is to be met, global ...
Towards effective gene pyramiding for disease resistance and trait selection in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
(Makerere University, 2021-04-21)
Major common bean fungal and viral diseases concurrently occur in farmer’s fields leading to complete crop failure when susceptible varieties are grown. Inherent genetic resistance is thus the cheapest source of resistance ...